Pronunciation: /flouns/verb[no object] 1 Go or move in an exaggeratedly impatient or angry manner: he stood up in a fury and flounced out 1.1 Move with exaggerated motions: she flounced around, playing the tart and flirtingnoun[in singular] Back to top An exaggerated action, typically intended to express one’s annoyance or impatience: she left the room with a flounce

Originmid 16th century: perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian flunsa 'hurry', or perhaps symbolic, like bounce or pounce.

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Ulrich flounced around the room. Nobody cared.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

The gruesome tableau spread before him. Dead littered the field. Not a single motion betrayed a living being. There was a single sheaf of wheat which had incongruously remained upright throughout the battle. The breeze made the nodding heads of grain slowly shake, as if in wonder and dismay.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

"Spy vs. Spy" epitomized antagonistic behavior. Though inimical, their relationship was also comical. I wonder if today, their meetings are scheduled with the ical calendar protocol. Will there ever be a musical based on their almost lyrical machinations?

[Is ODO being intentionally inimical to the broadening of our vocabulary. We used inimical very recently. Therefore, the challenge is to be as innovative or ingenious or inventive (not insulting nor insensitive) in the use of today's interminably iterative word.]

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

Pronunciation: /enˈCHant/verb[with object]1 Fill (someone) with great delight; charm: Isabel was enchanted with the idea1.1 Put (someone or something) under a spell: (as adjective enchanted) an enchanted garden

Originlate Middle English (in the senses 'put under a spell' and 'delude'; formerly also as inchant): from French enchanter, from Latin incantare, from in- 'in' + cantare 'sing'.

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Strangely, the siren's song when sung by the police cruiser didn't attract or enchant. Most watched carefully from behind the edge of a shade or a lifted slat of the blinds.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

She often complained about the poor protection automobiles offered their passengers, especially when exposed to strong wind and horizontal rain.

When grandpa bought his 1923 Buick Sedan, grandma was quite enchanted and never again fretted about dishevelled arrivals at some fashionable event. She also always sat in the back, waited for grandpa to open the door and assist her in or out.

If some ignorant people thought him her private chauffeur, grandpa didn't mind. He gleefully observed the spectator's astonished stares when grandma gave him a quick kiss and possessively took his arm to be escorted to the venue.

The very first motor cars, aka automobiles, had no roof whatsoever. One can wonder why they had less passenger amenities than the horse drawn London cabs of the 19th century.But the cars gradually evolved to feature an overhead canvas roof, but still without side windows, still an open cab, exposed to the weather's vagaries.

I guess that by 1923 the manufacturers must have got an inkling that my grandma was desperately pining for a fully enclosed cab.

Pronunciation: /ilk/noun[in singular]1A type of people or things similar to those already referred to: the veiled suggestions that reporters of his ilk seem to be so good at there was music by Parry and Elgar and others of that ilk1.1 (of that ilk) Scottish chiefly archaic Of the place or estate of the same name: Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk

I thought that the ilk of the elk included the moose (élan vs orignal in french) but I found out that what you call an elk in the US is what we call a wapiti, of the same ilk as the (red) deer, which we just call cerf (sometimes : cerf élaphe). I didn't have an ilkling, sorry, an inkling....This is how learning a WoTD can lead to a greater improvement of one's vocabulary.

Pronunciation: /mīˈstōsō, ˌmīe-, -ˈstōzō/Musicadverb & adjective(Especially as a direction) in a majestic manner.noun (plural maestosos)A movement or passage marked to be performed in a majestic manner.

OriginItalian, 'majestic', based on Latin majestas 'majesty'.

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Is it even possible to play "Jingle Bells" maestoso?

That was the challenge for the student maestros. They strived and struggled as their instruments they juggled. The sound was rich, though not always on pitch.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

Pronunciation: /ˈjərməˌfōb/(also germaphobe)nounA person with an extreme fear of germs and an obsession with cleanliness: I’m not a germophobe, but everyone knows that hotel remote controls are never cleaned and are probably filthy

Originlate 19th century: from germ + -phobia.

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Sam had a love/hate relationship with the wipes he bought. He struggled because after the first swipe, he had to throw the wipe away. He couldn't be sure if the already-used side might fold over and touch his skin. He couldn't face the thought of a chicken salad sandwich. He was a card carrying germophobe. The index-stock card had been laminated, of course, and he made sure to wipe it down after showing it to anybody.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

I often eat toast. Since the slice(s) of bread I slip into the toaster is/are subjected to very intense heat (1,500.00 W) for several minutes, I'm convinced that any airborne spores or germs sticking to it/them are quite dead by the time the toast pops/toasts pop up.

Algot Runeman wrote:How do you deal with the germ of an idea when it comes to you?

If it is germane to the situation at hand, I welcome and develop it.

Algot Runeman wrote:Do seeds creep you out because they germ-inate?

The whole seeds in coarse bread buns and baguettes are discomfiting when on the loo afterwards.Those hard seeds don't digest, but they still need to creep out through a sensitive and reluctant anal sphincter.